TURKEY SHOULD TAKE INITIATIVE IN RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
news.az
Feb 18 2010
Azerbaijan
Robert Wexler A former US congressman suggested on Wednesday that
Turkey should be one step ahead in its relations with Armenia.
Robert Wexler, a former US congressman and former chairman of Congress’
Caucus on US-Turkish Relations, told a conference in Washington DC
that Turkey should assume in its relations with Armenia the one-step
ahead strategy it took on Cyprus.
Now the head of a think-tank, the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle
East Peace, Wexler appreciated the Turkish and Armenian governments’
steps to solve their problems and the political risks they had taken
on the road to peace.
Wexler said Turkey’s close relations with Iran could serve the efforts
of moderate elements in the region in the long term.
Wexler underlined the importance of Turkish-Israeli relations to the
United States, and argued that Israel should think about the roles
that Turkey could assume in humanitarian efforts in Gaza, which could
also help repair bridges between the two countries.
On Turkish-US relations, Wexler said not only President Barack Obama
but also Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attached great importance
to those relations.